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$2.5 billion project in the works north of downtown builds on the Uptown boom

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/...e-uptown-boom/

Plans for the first phase of The Central include a 17-story office building, a 320-unit apartment high-rise, a 430-unit apartment project by JPI, a 300-room full-service hotel and a 150-room limited-service hotel. There will also be 110,000 square feet of eateries and entertainment space.

Developer Artemio De La Vega has been working on the project for more than five years. He has a team of high-profile architects working on The Central project, including Dallas-based GFF, BOKA Powell and New York’s Perkins-Eastman.

“Food and beverage and entertainment are really critical for the mixed-use component,” De Le Vega said, as is the central park that the high-rise buildings will overlook. “We want to make this project very much nature-oriented with as much green space as we can.”